Resume

Robert Drawbaugh
UX/UI Designer & Art Director 

 

SUMMARY                         

I’ve been a professional Art Director and Designer for 15+ years. I've worked on and lead teams for agencies, in house, and directly for clients. I am able to Art Direct different forms of Media while still maintaining an innovative approach and high level deliverables, which makes me both a geek and nerd.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Adobe photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Figma, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams…

Data Methods: Competitive Analysis, Heuristic Evaluation, Journey Mapping, Empathy Mapping, User Interviews, User Testing, Benchmarking, Ethnography, Task Analysis

Additional Tools: Brand Development, Marketing, Art Direction, Graphic Design…

Additional Skills: Ideation, Art Commissioning, Graphic Illustration, Color Theory, Typography…

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ninja Toaster Productions
Designer / Creative Director
Seattle, WA
08/2018 - 10/2023

  • Branding current and future media projects, such as Reality TV and Documentary Films.

    • Develop style guides for individual projects and brands.

    • Create Marketing elements for both television and film projects.

    • Design websites and apps. 

Wizards of the Coast (Hasbro)
Senior Art Director Marketing
Renton, WA
07/2014 – 08/2018

  • Developed and Art Directed 15+ cross-channel marketing campaigns.

  • Created branding and style guides for new Magic: The Gathering sets.

  • Developed marketing strategy for the release of 20+ new products and sets.

  • Managed large teams of artists and designers during concept pushes and design sprints, completing a concept push in 20% of the  time, accomplished three months of development in nine days.

  • Art Directed large events such as: expos, gaming events, streaming, and videos.

  • Commissioned Key art for marketing, packaging, and merchandise. Press Link

  • Oversaw the creation and design of “Magic Puzzle Quest” Game Link

 

 

UX/UI PROJECTS

Project 1

The Future Is Fusion, Project Link

  • Created a website that not only marketed this documentary but also generated conversations about clean energy.

  • To better inform the public, we created a News portal page that contains recent updates and breakthroughs directly from the Fusion Lab’s news feeds, not as they are reported by biased news outlets. 

  • The result was based on this question I asked my client, “This site can represent a documentary about the clean energy movement, or this could become part of the movement.”

  • In the end, 75% of users are more excited about an unbiased news source and learning more about Fusion technology.  

Project 2

Magic Puzzle Quest, Project Link

  • Art Directed the UX/UI for a match three video game for Magic: the Gathering.

    • Developed a style guide for the project. 

      • Color treatments, shape language, and animated effects.

      • Best practices for art selection, layout, treatment, and cropping.

    • Directed the creation of the game and the User Interface to best reflect the Magic: the gathering’s style, branding, and quality.

    • Directed the marketing assets and art for additional releases.

EDUCATION

Thinkful
Online
02/2023 - 07/2023 

  • Conducted user surveys and interviews, leveraged data to develop personas, empathy, and journey maps, user stories, and flows in order to make informed design decisions 

  • Utilized the double-diamond process and design sprint

  • Created effective case studies to showcase findings and design decisions with clients and stakeholders

 

California State University, Chico
Chico, CA
09/1996 – 07/1999

Four Bachelor’s Degrees in 3 years. 

  • Bachelors of Arts in Communications (Media Arts) 1999

  • Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy (Logic and Critical Thinking) 1999

  • Bachelors of Arts in Art History (Composition and execution) 1999

  • Bachelors of Arts in Film Theory (critical analysis) 1999